Fifteen children have died from influenza during the current season so far, the CDC reported, and the overall death rate is now "at the epidemic threshold."

A combination of eplenerone and either an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker slowed progression of heart failure in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to a study in Lancet Neurology.

No holiday for NFL team physicians, writes Monday Morning MD: one player was diagnosed with a lacerated spleen on Christmas Day, and another "had his knee urgently scoped" on Christmas Eve.

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